I am looking to locate my family. My gg grandfather was called Charles McPhillips born c 1838. I do not know which county he was born in. His father was also called Charles. Also my gg grandmother Rose Ann McGowan born c 1840. Again I do not know the county she was born in. Her father was called John. Charles and Rose Ann were married in Northumberland in England in 1866. Can anyone get me any information on these families. Thank you.

Francis, While posters on this group have often warned against basing research on statistics or probability, as a starting point if you check with irishtimes.com/ancestors you will see that McPhillips was most frequent in Co. Monaghan and McGowan in Co. Leitrim. As these counties are close together and adjoin Fermanagh, it seems like these 3 counties would be a good place to start searching birth/baptism records. JM "FRANCIS SOUTHWICK" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] >I am looking to locate my family. > > My gg grandfather was called Charles McPhillips born c 1838. I do not > know which county he was born in. His father was also called Charles. > > Also my gg grandmother Rose Ann McGowan born c 1840. Again I do not know > the county she was born in. Her father was called John. > > Charles and Rose Ann were married in Northumberland in England in 1866. > > Can anyone get me any information on these families. > > Thank you. >